Natural Gas World Article.8 Mar 2020 17:29
UK independent producer Angus Energy's onshore Saltfleetby gasfield has proved to be a "gem" following analysis of its reserves by Oilfield International, it said March 5. Shareholders can expect a clear return of £25 ($32)mn from a £1.5mn investment, according to calculations.
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The mean sales gas reserves are estimated at 16bn ft³ net to Angus, which has a 51% stake, it said. Also forming part of mean reserves are 97,000 barrels of condensate, again net to Angus. The total cash flow after costs but before taxes of these reserves is £50mn at prices derived from the gas forward curve from ICE exchange and an average forward condensate price of $42/barrel. Oilfield International has also assigned mean contingent resources of 10bn ft³.
Drilling a horizontal sidetrack to an existing well in the first half of next year will cost about £1.5mn, but gas can be brought on stream this year, with no other capital expenditure needed. The company might decide to spend more from 2022 to monetise the contingent resources, it said.
Allowing for capital and operating expenditure, taxation, cost of capital. abandoment costs and a gas grid connection, the resulting mean value of the reserves to Angus shareholders, which is also the central case, is just over £25mn, with a high case of £35mn and a low case of £16.7mn.